State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Lawyers in New York earn a median of $207,860. In Massachusetts, $176,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.3% — not 15%.
Nominal pay gap
-15%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-13.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Lawyers
- Median
- $176,680
- p25
- $119,960
- p75
- $282,080
- p10
- $82,100
- p90
- $374,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -23%
New York
Lawyers
- Median
- $207,860
- p25
- $127,580
- p75
- $322,120
- p10
- $85,200
- p90
- $391,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.